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Teamwork leads North back to Fed finals by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North is back in the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation finals, and it's because the players only care about what each can do to help the team. North coach Bob Rosen found this out prior to the Spartans' 6-3 win over Bishop-Timon St. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Amherst Central's formula to winning games this season was evident in last week's group of victories. The Tigers (15-5, 11-1) shot well from the field, got contributions from several players, and tightened up their defensive intensity in wins over Medina, 82-69, Williamsville East, 70-55, and Lake... More ... Wrestler Stella advances to first state meet Sweet Home junior wins 135-pound division at Section VI qualifier by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Ever since losing, 5-2, to Lucas Mariacher last year in the 135-pound finals of the Section VI New York State qualifier, Nic Stella has been waiting for another chance to advance to the state meet for the first time. On Saturday, Stella got his opportunity, defeating Cheektowaga's Clay Reeb, 5-3, i... More ...
The good, the bad and the future of Section VI bowling PATRICK NAGY Sports Reporter Section VI bowling has been leaving a 7-10 split the entire season. For every good act the section has done to help promote the sport, they have made a couple of bad ones that make you scratch your head. + Good - Gone are the days when bowling teams needed to win half of their league matches to q... More ... Bowling Sweet Home boys end season with tournament play Last week was tournament time for the Sweet Home boys bowling team. The Panthers bowled in three tournaments. The first tournament was the team's annual "King of the Hill" tournament at Manor II Lanes. Each bowler draws for a lane and was paired up against another team member. More ... Amherst shoots well in opening sectional games If the Section VI Championships was only three games, Amherst Central's boys bowling team would have finished in third place. But the Tigers shot only one 200 in the last three games of the six-game tournament (Justin Garus- 214) at Thruway Lanes and finished 14th overall. More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Lancaster's Nick Ferrentino played spoiler last week in the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation playoffs. Ferrentino scored game-winning goals for the Redskins to defeat Williamsville South, 2-1, on Feb. 13 and Williamsville East, 1-0, in overtime on Saturday. Both games were pla... More ... Girls Bowling Amherst, Williamsville North compete at rolloffs, sectionals Although none of the Amherst Central girls qualified at ECIC rolloffs on Feb. 12 at Thruway Lanes, coach Dennis Illig through his team bowled pretty well considering most are first year bowlers. Carolyn Trabert had the best showing with a high game of 187 and 409 series. Katie Fowler had a couple ... More ... Sweet Home falters at sectionals by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home found out how deep the "A" girls division was at Thursday's Section VI bowling Championships. Sweet Home finished eighth overall but sixth in their division with a 4,889 pin total. Eighth grader Gina Picone led the team with a 1,060 series. More ... South boys hoops finally beats Maryvale by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Maryvale has had Williamsville South's number in boys basketball for years. Not anymore. South, who had lost to the Flyers the last three years for the top spot in ECIC Division III and were beaten 63-60 in triple overtime in the consolation game of this season's Lake Shore Lions Club Tournament, ... More ... South girls bowling finish second in Class 'B' at sectionals The Williamsville South varsity girls bowling team finished their season off with a runner-up trophy in Class "B" at the Section VI Championships last Thursday at Thruway Lanes. The girls bowled well as a team (4,929 total pins) and ended up seventh out of 50 teams in the overall standings. More ... Connie Mack holding open registration Connie Mack Little League will be holding open registration from noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 24 at Dick's Sporting Goods, 281 Meyer Road, Amherst. Connie Mack offers softball and baseball to boys and girls ages 4 to 18. Their season starts with practices in mid-April (weather permitting) while ... More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCOREBOARD Amherst Central Boys Basketball - def. East 70-55, def. More ... East wrestlers never quit at state qualifier by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East did not send any wrestlers to the New York State Championships but it's not for a lack of effort. Two of East's four wrestlers placed and another two wrestled well at the Section VI New York State Qualifier held on Saturday at Fredonia State College. More ... North caps off season with impressive sectional showing by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville North didn't send any wrestlers to the New York State Championships but coach Brian Swatland is proud of his team's effort at the Section VI New York State qualifier at Fredonia State College last Saturday. "We came in thirteenth out of 27 teams," said Swatland. "It was our best show... More ... Amherst girls hoops finish regular season strong Amherst Central's girls basketball team seems to peaking at the right time. The Lady Tigers closed out its regular season with league wins over Lake Shore, 53-28, on Thursday and West Seneca East, 50-21, on Friday. Amherst finished the regular season 6-6 in ECIC II and 8-10 overall. More ... Girls hoops Big first half deficit too much for East to overcome in tourney finals by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Lockport went on a 23-4 run to close out the first half en route to defeating Williamsville East, 54-41, in the finals of the 25th Kiwanis Tournament on Saturday at Lockport High School. "I thought we started great," said East coach Chris Durr. "We were ahead 9-8 with two minutes to go in the firs... More ... Kenmore West hockey upsets Sweet Home in Fed quarters by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home will have to wait another year to win the Section VI Western New York Varsity Hockey Federation title. Defending Federation champion Kenmore West dominated the Panthers from the opening faceoff en route to a convincing 5-0 shutout last Friday on the Amherst Pepsi Center's Feature Rink. More ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CALENDAR Wednesday, Feb. 21 Boys Basketball: Section VI Class AA prequarterfinal - North at Clarence, 7 p.m., Class A-1 prequarterfinal - Iroquois at East, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 Girls Basketball: Section VI Class A-1 quarterfinals - South/Iroquois at Hamburg, 7 p.m., W.S. East/East at McKinley,... More ... Sports briefs Williamsville residents Katie Lyons and Vincenzo Piraino, both Buffalo State College students, were recently named to the State University of New York Athletic Conference All-Academic team. Lyons plays soccer and is majoring in social work. Piraino also plays soccer and is majoring in psychology. More ... Boys Swimming Lin, Beckinghausen lead Spartans to ECIC 'AA' meet title Coming off a perfect 12-0 dual meet season and already winning the ECIC "AA" division title, Williamsville North captured its second consecutive ECIC "AA" meet championship Saturday afternoon at Clarence High School. Proving to be too much for their competition, the Spartan swimmers finished among... More ... East finishes fifth at league championships by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville East coach Mike Doerfler should have played the lotto on Saturday because he was dead on with his boys swimming team's fifth place finish at ECICs at Clarence High School. "Fifth place is what we hoped for," said Doerfler. East finished in fifth place in the AA division with 226 poi... More ... Amherst Central swims large at ECICs; South's Rogers named most outstanding Despite small numbers, the Amherst Central boys swimming team ended up with an impressive fifth place finish in the ECIC "A" division. The Tigers had 167 total points. Amherst had several outstanding top 16 finishes. Senior Ryan Menasco was second in the 50-yard freestyle (22.87) and third in th... More ... South girls hoops enters sectionals on win streak by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South's girls basketball team heads into the Section VI Class A-1 Tournament on a roll. Winners of its last five of six games, the Lady Billies (10-10, 6-6), seeded ninth, played at eighth-seed Iroquois on Tuesday but results were unavailable before The Bee went to press. The winner ... More ... Sweet Home pulls Jekyll and Hyde routine The Sweet Home girls basketball team played like two different teams in a span of 24 hours. Last Thursday, the Lady Panthers won convincingly over Frontier, 61-32, at home then dropped a 43-36 non-league road game at Kenmore West on Friday. Coincidentally, Sweet Home (7-13, 5-8) seeded sixth in t... More ...
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Sweet Home and Williamsville North's boys basketball teams closed out their regular seasons with home wins over Lancaster. Sweet Home clinched the ECIC Division II with a 76-42 victory last Wednesday. The next night, North came back to beat the Redskins, 63-52. More ... Fireman's Bowling Te a m Wi n s Losses Harris Hill 101 60 More ...
Sabres shoved into new roles by MATT KRUEGER Reporter With all of the injuries the Sabres have suffered lately, you're left to wonder if the team made a deal with the devil for last year's Eastern Conference finals appearance and is now feeling the aftereffects. Maybe Lucifer is cashing in his policy with each broken bone and torn tendon. More ... South preparing for indoor track sectionals by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter Williamsville South indoor track coach Sam Hasan has high hopes for his girls' team at Saturday's Section VI Championships at Fredonia State College, and why shouldn't he? More ... ECC to conduct baseball clinics Erie Community College and head baseball coach Joe Bauth will run their annual baseball clinics at Erie Community College, North Campus, 6205 Main Street, Williamsville. A baseball hitting clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25. More ...
The Williamsville South JV cheerleaders took first place in the ECIC Cheerleading Tournament on Feb. 10. Members of the team, pictured from left, are: front row, captain Katie Wagner, Sarah Prior, coach Tracey Homberger, and captains Kelly Smith and Kelly Engels; middle row - Ashley Dirschedl, Kel... More ... Spartans indoor track teams take fifth at team championships The Williamsville North Indoor track team placed fifth in the boys and girls division at Fredonia State College in the Section VI League Championships held Feb. 10 at Fredonia State College. The boys scored 37 points while the girls scored 34½. More ...
St. Gregory the Great's Christian Youth Organization basketball team defeated Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament, 46-38, on Feb. 7 to win the league playoffs. Members of the team, pictured from left, are: first row - Gianna Pelosi, Katherine Tramposch; second row - Lindsey Grande, Katherine Gloekler,... More ... Sports briefs University at Buffalo wrestler Andrew Stella, a Sweet Home High School graduate, recorded the team's match-clinching win over Binghamton on Saturday. Stella won 8-4 over Brandon Toro-Segarra at 141 pounds. UB won the match 22-18, ending a five-match losing streak. More ... Boehm named Fisher's female athlete of the week Sacred Heart Academy graduate and Cheektowaga resident Allison Boehm has been named St. John Fisher College's Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending Feb. 4. As a member of the women's basketball team, Boehm averaged 16.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.0 blocked shots,... More ...
Farrell, Aronica, DeCicco excel at meets The Niagara gymnasts from Gleason's Gymnastics competed in two meets this past weekend. Amherst gymnast Jamie Farrell traveled to Long Island, N.Y. to compete in the Winter Wonderland Invitational gymnastics meet on Feb. 9. Farrell, a member of the Niagara Gymnastics Level 8 team, placed fourth o... More ...
The Level 5 team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center traveled to Florida to compete in the Daytona Beach Open held in Florida's Ocean Center. Over 1200 of the country's best male and female gymnasts competed in the three day event. The Level 5 team fielded four gymnasts - Williamsville's Allison Sc... More ... Stumpf's upper level girls competes in open invite The upper level girls from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center recently competed in the Daytona Beach Open. Some of the best teams from across the country assembled in Florida's Ocean Center for the three-day-competition. Kurt and Lisa Stumpf of Williamsville coached all levels of the girls' teams. More ...
The Level 6-10 teams from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center competed in the Daytona Beach Open in Florida's Ocean Center. The three-day-event was attended by more than 1200 gymnasts from across the United States. The Level 6 team was represented by Akron's Mack Lasker and Connor Story of Clarence. Lasker... More ...
Three representatives of the Level 6 Team from Stumpf's Gymnastics Center competed in the Daytona Beach Open in Florida. The trio met the challenge of the out-of-state competition and earned honors as the second place team. Eleven-year-old Shannon Martinsen of Williamsville turned in a solid perfo... More ... Williamsville's Morelli to row in world championships When the starting horn blows at the World Rowing Championships in Eton, U.K., just outside London, the U.S. National Team's Lightweight 8 Men's division will include two rowers with Buffalo roots. More ... Buffalo In-Line Hockey Group Machine wins exciting shootout Buffalo In-line Hockey Group saw an exciting shootout game played on Saturday in a major division game between the Black Aces and the Mean Machine. Tied at 6-6 in regulation, the Aces got the first shootout goal from last season's MVP David Campuzano (Grand Island). More ... Indoor Soccer Revolution U-12 girls soccer down Stingrays, 3-1 They say soccer is the ultimate team game and on Saturday afternoon the Amherst Revolution Soccer Club showed another example of this axiom. Showing superb passing, receiving and shooting skills the Revolution remained undefeated in the Epic Center U-12 Girls League, defeating the Clarence Stingra... More ... Holoman to receive 2007 recognition award The University at Buffalo will celebrate its 17th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) before the UB women's basketball game versus Ohio on Feb. 21. The event will begin at 6 p.m. More ... North Buffalo Pee Wee Bisons needs shootout to advance in playoffs The North Buffalo Bisons Pee Wee Major traveled to Geneseo last Sunday and defeated the host team 3-2 in an overtime shootout at Geneseo State College. The teams competed in the first round of the WNYAHL playoffs in the Pee Wee division (1994's). Geneseo was the second seed; North Buffalo was the ... More ... Bantam Eagles score late to record playoff victory The Bantam Boston College Eagles, rested after a bye week, played their first game of the playoffs against the Western Michigan Broncos, winning 5-4, on Sunday. The Eagles jumped out to a quick lead as Adam Werynski poked in a rebound with help from Joe Ray and James Mullane. More ... Micron Red, White Sabres skate to 2-2 tie Incredible is the way to describe the battle on Feb. 11 between the Amherst Micron Red Sabres and White Sabres. The game ended in a 2-2 tie with scoring opportunities throughout the game. White Sabre Patrick Gilbert opened the scoring in the first few minutes. However, Jeffrey Cummins brought the... More ... Squirt White Sabres come back in wild game The White Sabres overcame a four-goal deficit to come back and defeat the Rangers, 8-7, on Sunday in a wide open offensive Squirt division game in the Amherst Hockey Association that featured three hat tricks. Jason Raymondi opened the scoring for the Rangers at the one-minute mark as he took a pa... More ... Red Sabres close out regular season with 5-1 showing The Red Sabres defeated the Bruins, 5-1, on Saturday in the final regular season game of the Squirt season. The Red Sabres jumped to an early lead as Andrew White slapped one past the Bruin goalie on the first shift of the game. In his first game off the disabled list, Michael Geiger got the assis... More ... Flyers prepare for postseason with another victory The Squirt Flyers and Wolves met up at the Amherst Pepsi Center early Sunday morning for a high scoring match. The Flyers pulled out all stops for their 7-6 win. Both teams displayed a lot of end-to-end action on the ice and had many outstanding offensive and defensive plays. More ... Stars battle back, double up Sharks The Squirt Stars fought back from an early two-goal deficit to defeat the Sharks 6-3, on Sunday. Nick Vermilye and Brendan Quaglaia, assisted by Vermilye and Nick Peters, staked the Sharks to a 2-0 first period lead. Jimmy Kirkpatrick started the Stars comeback two seconds into the second period,... More ... Mite Red Wings blast off into playoffs The Mite Red Wings continued their sharp play as of late by posting a convincing 5-1 first round playoff victory over the Gray Sabres in Mite House play on Sunday. The Wings were boosted by the solid goaltending of Ryan O'Donnell, who made several key saves to keep the Gray Sabres at bay. More ... Bantam Lakers defeats Michigan The Lake Superior State Lakers faced off against the Michigan Wolverines on Sunday on the Amherst Pepsi Center's Olympic Rink for a big Bantam playoff game. The Lakers' hard work earned them a well-deserved 6-1 victory. From the drop of the puck, the Lakers line of Mujtaba Soniwala, Jonathan Rera ... More ... Sled Hockey Sabres come back to win The Buffalo Sabres Sled Hockey team came back to beat the Kitchener Sidewinders, 5-4. The Sabres offense was asleep for the first two periods, which allowed the Sidewinders to jump out to a 4-0 lead. The Sabres couldn't score but still held their own in the defensive zone. More ... Amherst Mite Minor 'AAA' defeats Syracuse, Monroe with teamwork Amherst's Mite Minor "AAA" hockey team took its show on the road to Cicero Twin Rinks to play one of their strongest rivals, the formidable Syracuse Stars on Feb. 10. Amherst's 3-1 victory resulted from the hardworking efforts of the entire squad, which necessitated the use of skill, smart plays, a... More ... Major 'AAA' Knights double up Americans The Amherst Mite Major "AAA" took the lead on Saturday in the season series with the Rochester Americans, 2-1-1, after posting a 4-2 victory. Both teams battled hard the first period with each team trading scoring chances. Amherst finally broke through the tough Rochester defense with Michael Stef... More ... Amherst Mite 98s fall short in tournament In their second meeting in as many days and with a trip to the finals of the 19th Annual President's Day Tonawanda Tournament on the line, the result was the same for the Amherst Mite '98 Selects as they fell to West Seneca and stellar netminder Matthew Ladd, 4-1, on Sunday. More ... Stars' Carney scores late to tie Rangers, 1-1 Sunday's playoff game between the Mite Stars and Rangers was everything you would expect from a matchup of the teams with the division's best regular season records. The Rangers (10-0 in the regular season) scored early and then clung to the one-goal lead until the game's waning moments when Stars... More ... Black Sabres defeat Red Sabres in first playoff game The Mite Black Sabres had a 5-1 victory on Sunday for their first playoff game against the Red Sabres. The Black Sabres came out flying. Nick Carbone won the opening faceoff and streaked towards the goal. Zachary Gannon got the rebound and scored. Seconds later, the Red Sabres' Recitost made a bre... More ... Amherst Youth Basketball Results Big second lifts Florida State over Clemson Florida State doubled up the Tigers from Clemson, outscoring them 18-9 in the second quarter to break an 11-11 first quarter tie and post a 46-37 victory in recent Amherst Youth Basketball seventh grade boys' action. Peter Moran led a balanced scoring attack for the Seminoles with 16 points. Brett... More ... Micron Gold Sabres defeat Black Sabres, 6-1 The Feature Rink of the Amherst Pepsi Center was the site of the full-ice contest between the Micron Gold Sabres and Black Sabres on Sunday. The Gold Sabres prevailed, 6-1. The contest began with both teams battling back and forth for control of the puck. The Gold Sabres' hard-working John Courtne... More ... |
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